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In English, translated from the French.Translation of: Les règles de la méthode sociologique."Writings of Durkheim bearing on his view of sociology and its method": pages 167-260.

Description:

vi, 264 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

What is a social fact? --
Rules for the observation of social facts --
Rules for distinguishing between the normal and the pathological --
Rules for the classification of social types --
Rules for the explanation of social facts --
Rules relative to establishing sociological proofs --
Marxism and sociology (the materialist conception of history) (1897) --
Sociology and the social sciences (1903) --
Debate on the relationship between ethnology and sociology (1908) --
Debate on political economy and sociology (1908) --
The contribution of sociology to psychology and philosophy (1909) --
Social morphology (notes) (1899) --
Civilisation in general and types of civilisation (notes)(1902) --
The method of sociology (notes) (1908) --
Society (notes) (1917) --
The psychological character of social facts and their reality (letter) (1895) --
The nature of society and causal explanation (letter) (1898) --
The psychological conception of society (letter) (1901) --
The role of general sociology (letter) (1905) --
Influences upon Durkheims view of sociology (letters) 1907).

Other Titles:

Règles de la méthode sociologique.

Responsibility:

by Emile Durkheim ; edited with an introduction, by Steven Lukes ; translated by W.D. Halls.

"What is a social fact? -- Rules for the observation of social facts -- Rules for distinguishing between the normal and the pathological -- Rules for the classification of social types -- Rules for the explanation of social facts -- Rules relative to establishing sociological proofs -- Marxism and sociology (the materialist conception of history) (1897) -- Sociology and the social sciences (1903) -- Debate on the relationship between ethnology and sociology (1908) -- Debate on political economy and sociology (1908) -- The contribution of sociology to psychology and philosophy (1909) -- Social morphology (notes) (1899) -- Civilisation in general and types of civilisation (notes)(1902) -- The method of sociology (notes) (1908) -- Society (notes) (1917) -- The psychological character of social facts and their reality (letter) (1895) -- The nature of society and causal explanation (letter) (1898) -- The psychological conception of society (letter) (1901) -- The role of general sociology (letter) (1905) -- Influences upon Durkheims view of sociology (letters) 1907)."@en